Howard Zinn Argument Essay

Howard Zinn’s book was more reasonable, due to the fact that it gives information about the bad things that happened to the United States. His story explains what Christopher Columbus has done. Columbus wanted the Arawaks to be his slaves because of how built they are, they cut themselves for ignorance, and Columbus notice that their weapons were not made of iron. The book by Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen explains of how great the United States is, but do not know what kind of violence that occurred and gave the United States a lot of items. Zinn explains what Christopher Columbus did to trick the Arawak. No harm was needed and Columbus saw his advantage to do so.The Arawak greeted Columbus and his men with food, water, and gifts. Howard Zinn’s statement about America is more reasonable in his story than Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen’s story.!
! The main concern for Columbus unknowingly coming to the United States is to look for gold. He was trying to go to all around the world heading west and find a shorter route to Asia. Columbus was never going to make it to Asia. He believed that he found a new country. Columbus knew the world was round, and he was trying to go far east. When Columbus made it to the Bahamas, he basically said he seen a light during the evening. He ends up getting an award.! …show more content…
Columbus faked a report and promises. He took about seventeen ships with about twelve hundred men along side with him. In Haiti, Columbus believed that the Arawaks are slaves and he was able to steal gold. Battle occurred at Fort Navidad with the Indians. Sailors were found dead and Columbus’s men were taking women and children as slaves, using them for sex and labor. Columbus tries to send an expedition in the Indians interior. It was a setup to start a slavee raid. They got about fifteen hundred Arawaks, but most of them died of captivity. Slaves had to look for gold, which was dust, and they try to flea, but they ended up getting